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Five adopted Black children abused by white parents awarded $4.4 million settlement after CPS failures in West Virginia; some were forced to live in a shed without running water or a bathroom

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Five adopted Black children abused by white parents awarded $4.4 million settlement after CPS failures in West Virginia; some were forced to live in a shed without running water or a bathroom

Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Lantz were sentenced to decades in prison for abusing the children. (Photo: WCHS TV) Five children who were subjected to years of abuse and neglect by their adoptive parents in West Virginia have been awarded a $4.4 million settlement from the state Department of Human Services following failures by Child … Read more

Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team

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Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team

BACKA TOPOLA, Serbia — Ireland players again wore black armbands and bowed their heads during the Israeli national anthem before the teams’ second Nations League soccer match on Sunday. Ireland soccer players again wear black armbands and refuse handshakes with Israel team The Israeli players also wore black armbands in memory of the people killed … Read more

Ireland players vote to go ahead with games against Israel, will wear black armbands

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Ireland players vote to go ahead with games against Israel, will wear black armbands

Pressure to boycott upcoming Nations League games against Israel over that country’s actions in Gaza took its toll on the Ireland team Saturday when players talked for hours, voted on their participation, and one departed the squad. Ireland players vote to go ahead with games against Israel, will wear black armbands Ireland is due to … Read more

Shocking revelation in Mississippi Black woman’s death: Tasia Fortune was killed before body was hung from tree, police say; drug dispute suspected

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Shocking revelation in Mississippi Black woman's death: Tasia Fortune was killed before body was hung from tree, police say; drug dispute suspected

Police say Mississippi Black woman Tasia Fortune was dead before her body was hung on a tree. Tasia Fortune, a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson last month, had already died before her body was placed there, a police detective testified in court Friday. Jackson … Read more

Stanford AI row: Students outraged as university uses AI to alter Hispanic student with Black in promotional ad

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Stanford AI row: Students outraged as university uses AI to alter Hispanic student with Black in promotional ad

Stanford University changed the appearance, race and gender of students using AI for an advertisement (Original photo on the left) Stanford University used AI to change the appearance, race and gender of students in a photo before using it as a promotion for the university’s residential and dining offerings. The original photo had an Asian … Read more

NASA’s Webb telescope captured the Black Eye Galaxy in unprecedented detail; its opposing gas streams reveal a violent cosmic past

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NASA’s Webb telescope captured the Black Eye Galaxy in unprecedented detail; its opposing gas streams reveal a violent cosmic past

At first glance, Messier 64 looks like a classic spiral galaxy. Its bright centre is wrapped in sweeping arms, while a broad, dark band of dust cuts across one side of its nucleus, giving it the distinctive appearance that earned it the nickname Black Eye Galaxy. But beneath that familiar spiral shape lies something much … Read more

Michael P. Desronvil: Lindsay Clancy holdout juror says he’s being targeted because he is a ‘Black Republican’

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Michael P. Desronvil, who served on the jury for Lindsay Clancy's homicide case, has faced scrutiny for prior domestic violence allegations and an active restraining order during the trial (via REUTERS)

Michael P. Desronvil, a juror who dissented in Lindsay Clancy’s triple homicide case, possesses a documented background of domestic violence allegations, prompting scrutiny regarding his jury selection process in the proceedings that concluded in mistrial when he alone refused to concur with the acquittal verdict. Michael P. Desronvil, who served on the jury for Lindsay … Read more

Dark energy, exoplanets and black holes: What Nasa’s new Roman telescope will explore

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Dark energy, exoplanets and black holes: What Nasa’s new Roman telescope will explore

The launch of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was posted by @NASARoman on X. Nasa has launched its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on a mission to investigate dark matter and dark energy, study black holes and search for planets beyond our solar system. The agency expects Roman’s surveys to uncover roughly 100,000 new exoplanets.The … Read more

In 1934, Black cave guide Matt Bransford sold his 14-room Mammoth Cave hotel and land for just $3,000, far below market value; the family then moved 20 miles away as the national park took shape

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In 1934, Black cave guide Matt Bransford sold his 14-room Mammoth Cave hotel and land for just $3,000, far below market value; the family then moved 20 miles away as the national park took shape

Matt Bransford and a glimpse of Mammoth Cave National Park Deep below the forests of Kentucky is a world of water, stone and centuries-old human history. Mammoth Cave National Park has the world’s longest known cave system, but its story is about far more than underground passages. It’s also a story about indigenous exploration, enslaved … Read more

Some stars repeatedly skim past supermassive black holes, lose material and survive; scientists now think their unusually rapid spin explains why each returning flare becomes progressively dimmer

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Some stars repeatedly skim past supermassive black holes, lose material and survive; scientists now think their unusually rapid spin explains why each returning flare becomes progressively dimmer

Representative Image (Canva) Some stars can make repeated close passes around supermassive black holes, losing part of their material each time while surviving to return again. These encounters produce bursts of light, or flares, that can recur months or even years apart. But astronomers have been puzzled by a pattern seen in some of these … Read more